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Internal ID UUID64402425405d7889339965
Scientific name Xanthorrhoea caespitosa
Authority D.J.Bedford
First published in Fl. Australia 46: 226 (1986)

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. It grows up to 2 m tall and has a single trunk with a crown of long, narrow leaves. The flowers are white and yellow and are arranged in a spike-like inflorescence. The fruit is a capsule containing small black seeds. It is a hardy species and can tolerate a range of soils and climates. It is a popular ornamental plant and is used in landscaping.

Xanthorrhoea caespitosa, commonly known as sand-heath grasstree, is a species of grasstree native to South Australia and the south of the Northern Territory. It grows up to 2 m tall with a single trunk and a crown of long, narrow leaves. The flowers are white and yellow and arranged in a spike-like inflorescence, and the fruit is a capsule containing small black seeds. It is a hardy species that can tolerate a range of soils and climates, and is popularly used in landscaping.

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Arabic مصفورة سبيبية

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World Flora Online wfo-0000751948
Tropicos 100277942
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:929684-1
The Plant List kew-291471
Open Tree Of Life 3996418
NCBI Taxonomy 1592180
IPNI 929684-1
iNaturalist 577994
GBIF 2779437
EOL 1083526
Wikipedia Xanthorrhoea_caespitosa

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